Railroad-tie.



.No. 818,818. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906. M. J. WEAVER.

RAILROAD TIE. A APPLICATION FILED DEO.27,1905.

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MATHEW J. WEAVER, OF PLATTSBURG, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ON E- HALF TO ERASMUS O. HALL, OF PLATTSBURG, MISSOURI.

RAILROAD-TIE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed December 2'7, 1905. Serial No. 293.488-

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEW J. WEAVER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Plattsburg, Clinton county, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and ex act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in railroad-ties, and pertains more particularly to those used in the construction of a solid concrete railroad-bed.

The object of my invention is to provide a tie made of any desired composition and re inforced in the center with a metal trussframe in order to strengthen the tie and prevent the same from becoming broken by the jarring of the rails caused by the train. I also provide means whereby the rail is securely fastened to the tie through the medium of the metal truss-frame and also providing means whereby the ties can be secured together, and thus forming the solid road-bed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a tie for forming a very firm, solid, and strong road-bed under which any water is prevented from passing and washing, and thus preventing loose joints and spreading of the rails.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a road-bed constructed of my improved ties. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved tie. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the iron truss-frame before the cement is placed around the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rail-securing means detached and separated.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the lower plate forming the metal truss-frame of my improved tie, and 2 the upper plate. These plates have their ends turned upwardly and downwardly at Sand 4, respectively, and are riveted together at 5, thus forming the oblong frame or truss, as shown. The said rivets 5 also secure thereto the transverse end locking-plates 6. The said plates are provided at one end with an offset 5, which allows the said end to overlap the opposite end of the adjoining tie and is also provided with the round opening 7 and the opposite end with the elongated opening 8, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described. The said oblong frame, as shown, is of a length approximately that of the tie and about two-thirds the width of the tie and is provided adjacent each end with the suporting-braces 9, which, as shown, are of an lnverted-u-shaped form having their lower free ends turned parallel with the lower plate 1 and riveted thereto by rivets 10. The upper ends of said braces, as shown, are flattened out and form the elongated portion 11, which is also riveted to the upper plate 2, as will be hereinafter more fully described. These braces, as shown, are preferably two in number for each tie and are arranged directly below the position the rails would assume, and thus firmly supports the composition of the tie at that point. The said truss-frame and the braces have the stirrups 12 passing upwardly through the same, and a plate 13 is arranged below the stirrups and supports the same. The said plates are provided with central depressions 14, in which the flatlooped portion of the stirrup rests. On each side of said depressions a rivet 14 passes upwardly therethrough, also through the brace and the upper plate 2. Thus the same rivets not only secure the stirrup in its position, but also secure the brace firmly within the trussframe. The upper free ends 16 of the stirrup extend considerably above the plate 2 and are screw-threaded for receiving the nuts 17, by means of which the rails are secured to the ties. The truss-frame being constructed in this manner, the same is embedded in a composition, preferably cement and sand, andv when completed forms an elongated tie hav ing at its upper edges on each side the elongated depressions or grooves 18, which form a tie with a smaller upper portion and a broader base. The said composition in which the truss-frame is embeddedis of such a width that the outer free ends of the lock ing arms or plates 6 extend beyond the same, so that the openings 7 and 8 are exposed at their outer ends. The said composition is of such a thickness that the upper ends of the stirrups extend thereabove, so that the rail may be secured to the tie.

In constructing a road-bed with my improved tie it will be seen that the ties are placed very close together or sufficiently close to bring the outer ends of the arms or plates 6 in an overlapping position, the same being secured together by bolts 19, which pass through the round opening of the arm of one tie and the elongated opening in the arm of the abutting tie. Thus the ties can be adjusted to or from each other, or one end of the tie can be adjusted nearer to the abutting tie than the other end, such being the case when building a curve in the roadbed. When ties are thus secured together, the space between the same is filled in with cement and forms a solid road-bed. The longitudinal grooves or depressions in the upper abutting edges of the ties form channels extending entirely across the bed,which are adapted to convey the water to the side of the road-bed. Thus the water is prevented from entering the bed below the tie and causing the same to settle, which often causes the spreading of the rails.

The upper ends of the stirrups, as before described, extend above the tie, and between the same are blocks 20, upon which the rails rest, said blocks being of some yielding material, such as wood, so that the tie will be relieved of considerable amount of arring and to prevent injury to the road-bed.

In order to allow for the slight variation of the width of the rails and the exact positioning of the ties, so as to bring the ends of the stirrups in the proper position, I provide each stirrup with plates 20, having an upwardly-turned end 21. The said end.21 is adapted to extend over the flange of the rails, and the opposite end is provided with an elongated slot 22, through which one portion of the stirrup passes. Thus the same may be adjusted in the proper position, so that the end 21 will extend over the flange of the rails. The upper face of the plate is provided with a series of transverse serrations 23.

In order to hold the plate 20 in its adjusted position, I provide a plate 24, which is provided with an opening 25, through which the upper free end of the stirrup passes. The lower face of said plate 24 is provided with transverse serrations 25. The said serrations are adapted to enter the serrations in the upper face of the plate 20, and the screw ing down of the nuts 17 firmly holds the plate 20 in its adjusted position and causes the same to firmly clamp the rail-flanges and hold the rails to the ties.

What I claim is 1. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussframe filled in with cement and means whereby said ties may be secured together.

2. A railroadtie, comprising a metal trussframe filled in with cement, and means whereby said ties may be adjustably secured together.

3. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussframe filled in with a composition, means for securing the ties together, and means carried by the metal truss-frame for securing the rails thereto.

4. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussframe embedded in a composition, means secured to the truss-frame for securing the ties together, and means secured to the trussframe for securing the rails to the ties.

5. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal truss frame embedded in a composition, means for securing the ties together and means for securing the rail to the tie.

6. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussframe embedded in a composition, arms secured to the truss-frame and extending laterally from the sides of the tie, and means whereby said arms may be secured together for securing the ties together.

7. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussframe embedded in a composition, arms carried by the truss-frame and extending laterally from the side of the tie, and bolts secured to the truss-frame and extending vertically from the upper face of the tie whereby the rail is secured to the tie.

8. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussirame embedded in a composition, means whereby the ties may be secured together and stirrups passing under the truss-frame and having their free ends extending vertically from the upper face of the tie.-

9. A railroad-tie, comprising a metal trussframe embedded in a composition, arms carried by the truss-frame and extending laterally at the tie ends, and means whereby the arms of one tie is adjustably secured to the arm of the abutting tie.

10. A railroadtie,comprising a metal trussframe, embedded in composition, stirrups supported by the truss-frame'and having their free ends extending out through the upper face of the tie, and means carried by the free ends of the stirrups for securing the rail to the tie.

1 1. A railroadtie,comprising a metal trussframe formed of upper and lower plates sup ported intermediate their ends by braces, stirrups having their free ends passing upwardly through the braces and the upper plate of the frame, a plate below the lower looped end of the stirrup and having a de pression to receive the same, rivets passing upwardly on each side of the stirrup through the plate, the brace, and the upper plate of the truss-frame and securing the three together and the said truss-frame embedded in a composition.

12. A railroad-bed composed of composition ties secured together and the spaces between the same filled in with cement.

13. A railroad-bed composed of metal-reinforced composition ties adjustably secured together and the spaces between the same filled in with cement.

14. A railroad-bed composed of metal-reinforced composition ties adjustably secured together side by side, and the space between the same filled in with cement.

15. A railroad-bed composed of metal-reinforced composition ties having broad bases and narrower upper surfaces and placed side by side and adjustably secured together, and the space between the broad bases of the ties filled with cement to form a road-bed with transverse channels between the ties.

16. A railroad-bed composed of metal-reinforced composition ties placed side by side, upwardly-extending bolts embedded in said ties, a plate having a slot through which one of said bolts passes and having a flange en- I5 and adjustably hold the first plate in its ad- 20 justed position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATHEW J. WEAVER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. HILL, PHILIP M. STEcKMAN. 

